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Allow someone else do the driving as you explore the highlights of the Bay of Plenty region.
For a culinary experience, Tauranga Tasting Tours can take you around to award-winning wineries and restaurants. The company specialises in a range of tours around the region for people to enjoy delicious food, wine and beer. During your tour, you can relax while enjoying fine wines and cuisine while learning about the winemaking and brewing processes.
Along the way, clients are given a brewery tour with samples, and winery tours involving wine presentations, tastings and lunch. Cocktails and dessert complete the day.
Other offered tours are local sightseeing excursions to destinations such as Kiwi360, Comvita or White Island. Tauranga Tasting Tours offers free pick up and delivery in Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Papamoa to make the entire outing easy and pleasurable.
Duration: 4-5 hours
Mount Classic Tours specialises in providing luxurious transport for sightseeing tours or multi-day excursions. Mount Classics has a full fleet of luxury cars including Rolls Royce and Daimlers plus the longest limousine in the Bay of Plenty. There are also minibuses and coaches for hire, all driven by professional chauffeurs and tour guides
Choose to be driven in style to the region’s attractions and scenic spots, a special dinner date at one of the Bay’s restaurants, or personalise a trip to wherever you and your group wish to go.
Package tours offered include a half-day local tour, which includes a visit to the historic Elms Mission Station, Minden lookout, Kiwi360 and Comvita. Other options include wine and garden trails, golf, fishing or hunting days out or adventurous trips for jetboating and white-water rafting.
Duration: 1-8 hours
Visitors to the coastal Bay of Plenty can discover the region on a variety of local tours by The Touring Company. The award-winning company has local tours that take the responsibility out of visitors’ hands and allows them to kick back and enjoy the sights of the region while learning from knowledgeable guides.
Four local tours are available, and passengers are personally picked up, driven around and enjoy commentary along the way.
The 'Tauranga Heritage Tour' is one of the most popular, and includes travel to local spots such as the Elms Mission House, Minden Lookout, the Historic Village and site of the Battle of Gate Pa.
The “Mount to Maketu Tour' takes in the coastline of Mount Maunganui past the Papamoa Hills onto Te Puke, Paengaroa and Maketu Beach. Optional add-ons include jet boating or blokarting.
Tours can be tailored to suit passengers and customised transport can be provided depending on needs.
Duration: 4-8 hours